An Allentown man swung a baseball bat at another motorist after a road rage incident

An Allentown man faces charges after wielding a baseball bat and damaging another motorist's car following a road rage incident Friday afternoon.

According to court documents, Jeffrey Lombardi, 25, of the 1400 block of West Fairview Street, swung a bat at the head of Jose Rivera-Dejesus and caused $1,200 worth of damage to a vehicle owned by Anna Kline.

Lombardi is charged with aggravated assault, robbery, recklessly endangering another person, criminal mischief and simple assault and is being held in Lehigh County Prison under $100,000 bail, court papers say.

According to court papers, Lombardi and Rivera-Dejesus were involved in a road rage incident shortly before 3 p.m. near 15th and Tilghman streets. Rivera-Dejesus stopped at a gas station at 15th and Gordon streets to call 911 and Kline got out of the car to smoke a cigarette, police said in an affidavit of probable cause.

Lombardi ran up to Kline with a baseball bat and began yelling. When Kline said she was calling 911, Lombardi attempted to take her cellphone, police said.

As Rivera-Dejesus stepped out of the gas station, Lombardi swung the baseball bat at Rivera-Dejesus' head, narrowly missing. He then began to swing the bat wildly at Kline's car, striking the window where a child was seated, police said.

When police arrived, Lombardi fled on foot through the back yards of nearby homes, police said.